prescribed in Black's Law Dictionary 11th Edition was cited as meaning to assert a right or title to the enjoyment of a thing. The explanatory note in Black's Law Dictionary was outlined as follows: In modern statutes relating to matters of administrative nature, such procedure, registration etc., it is usual to indicate in general terms the nature of the proceedings to be adopted, and to leave the details to be prescribed or regulated by rules or orders to be made for that purpose in pursuance of an authority contained in the Act. [30] It was thus contended with respect to Article 52 (3) that the issue is that the procedure for publishing is not found in either the Constitution or the Act of Parliament, being the Electoral Process Act and the regulations. The 2nd Respondent argued that the provisions of the Electoral Process Act and Electoral Process (General) Regulations, 2016 relied upon by the Petitioner did not assist his case. In particular, that: section 30 (1) of the Electoral Process Act only mandates presidential candidates to submit statutory declaration forms of assets and liabilities to the retuning officer; regulation 11 (6) provides for the form for the statutory declaration which is form GEN 5; and regulation 20 (3) mandates the returning officer to publish information in the nomination paper and affidavits relating to candidates for the constituency, district and ward. That in the absence of prescribing the procedure for publishing the presidential nomination paper and affidavit the same cannot be published. [31] It was also argued that the Petitioner had not set out the facts, in sufficient detail, which are the basis for his entitlement to the reliefs sought. The case of Benjamin Mwelwa v Attorney J13

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